节
Meaning
- joint; node
- (bound form) section; segment
- solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
Example sentence
我在节食。
I'm on a diet.
The character 节
节 was a joint of bamboo, and every sense is a division: 节日 a festival cutting the year, 季节 a season, 音节 a syllable, 节目 an item on a programme, 一节课 a single period of teaching.